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"phase, stage" in seven languages

Meaningphase, stage

Spanish

fase

/ˈfase/

fem.learned

French

phase

/faz/

fem.learned

Italian

fase

/ˈfaze/

fem.learned

Portuguese

fase

/ˈfazi/

fem.learned

Romanian

fază

/ˈfazə/

fem.learned

Catalan

fase

/ˈfazə/

fem.learned

English

phase

/feɪz/

from Latin/French · Greek phásis, via Latin and French

English → Italianphase, stagefaseCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PHASIS‘appearance (from Greek phásis, of the moon)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Greek phásis was the 'appearance' of a heavenly body — the phases of the moon. Spanish and Italian respell ph as f; French and English keep the Greek spelling.

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In a sentence

  • esEl proyecto está en su fase final.
  • frLe projet est dans sa phase finale.
  • itIl progetto è nella fase finale.
  • ptO projeto está na fase final.
  • roProiectul este în faza finală.
  • caEl projecte és a la fase final.
  • enThe project is in its final phase.

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